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Shailesh is a repeat founder building products and businesses across complex markets.

Shailesh Gupta
I look for people who can combine founder-level ownership with system thinking.”
Shailesh Gupta
On leadership

Shailesh Gupta
Experience

* Stablecoins native investment in global capital markets * Trade / Invest in US Stocks, commodities, forex and private yield funds * SDK for embedded access to global capital markets

* Building yield bearing stablecoin for digital economy. * All time high TVL of $200mn and $4mn ARR.

* Raised $4 Mn from top tier funds for an asset-light model with a fleet of 60+ buses. * Built full stack ticketing, inventory management, route planning, fleet management & operations apps * Topline of INR 30 crore despite two COVID-19 related complete nationwide lockdowns. * Won Indian Achievers Award for Young Entrepreneur & Promising Start-Up. * Hired and managed a team of 150 individuals across North & South India.

* Raised $8mn from Y Combinator and other reputed investors across equity and debt. * Launched 14 centers across 6 cities with 35% unit level EBITDA and 94% average occupancy * Topline of INR 30+ cr with live inventory of 3,000+ seats * Won Forbes 30 Under 30 Award for entrepreneurship * Pioneered asset light model with MG/Rev-Share to landlords in 11 out of 14 properties. * Hired and managed team of 65 people.

* Launched mobile app & led merger of two products for consolidated product offering with 10x better user experience and 200K+ new users * Implemented SCRUM and agile development methodologies to reduce features release cycle from 3 months to 2 weeks * Hired SVP of Technology and Head of Design along with other key people in Tech & Product * Led 10 people team and set up remote-sales process with 10x increase in sales volume in first 3 months * Crafted partnership proposals and service level agreements for sales and digital marketing partnerships. * Implemented incentive structure for sales agents along with custom CRM solution to meet unique tracking and reporting requirements.

* Developed Bitcoins blockchain-based P2P Wallet System for real time payments, remittances etc. * Developed business models around Real ID System, Remittances etc. * Implemented Aadhaar authentication and limit / charge framework for micro-ATM product for Novopay * Reduced data centre cost by 50% & Hired top-notch talent from IITs to smoothen out growth requirements

Bringing together developers, designers and hackers to simplify the way people do payments in India. (formerly, AadhaarUp) * Developed key-partnership with banks and large volume merchants for successful product adoption * Developed mobile POS solution, One Click Checkout solution, Peer 2 Peer Payment Settlement System and Smart merchant onboarding solution. * Filed 3 patents on biometric POS terminals. * Managed product, design, core technology and business relations

* Reduced cost of point-of-service devices by 57% by proposing alternate hardware and software designs. * Report on reducing average enrollment time by 57%, resulting in improving operator’s productivity by 133%. * Statistical biometric & demographic data analysis for quantitative feedback to enrollment agencies in A.P. * Field Visits to study best enrollment practices and comparative study of ergonomics involved in biometric capture.
* Field surveys to study the roll out of UIDAI project in Ranchi and Hyderabad district of Jharkhand & Andhra Pradesh. * Worked on the use of ICT & Biometrics for effective implementation of NREGA under the 12 th five year plan. * Report on merits of UIDAI system and its potential pitfalls.

* Developed consulting, business strategies, finance and banking portfolios from scratch * Catalyzed club’s victory in five national and one international competition in short period of 5 months * Organized Indian Case Challenge 2012 with massive participation from IITs and IIMs of India * Catalyzed internships and placements worth 12.5 lakh / year for finalists at IIT Kharagpur

* Reduced fuel cost by 62% with annual savings of $ 1.5 Million by switching over from LPG to briquette fired boiler. * Reduced potato chips’ oil content from 35% to 31% & moisture from 8% to 5% with potential savings of $ 305,000. * Designed & prototyped automatic collation machine of single & chain type chip packets in a record period of 2 weeks. * Received Pre Placement Offer for Management Trainee (Technical) from ITC Ltd., 2012.
* Led 60 member strong team at IIT Kharagpur to do energy audit of 2300 acre campus resulting into savings of 63 lac / annum with payback period of 5 months. * Conducted 8 workshops attended by 450 students at IIT Kharagpur to built brand awareness. * Reduced heat loses in a Galvanizing Company, Kolkata by 55% with a payback period of 2 months

* Developed knowledge bank of 261 Project Detail Documents under JNNURM wastewater treatment projects. * Generated voice of customers and developed marketing strategy for strategic positioning of GEs’ Jenbacher engines. * Consolidated reports on wind-farms, hydro-energy projects and technology review of key competitors in India. * Successfully completed technical training course on Wind Turbine 3500 vibration monitoring system at GEIIPL.

Shailesh Gupta
About Me
Shailesh Gupta is a repeat founder and product operator with experience building companies across fintech, mobility, coworking, and digital infrastructure.
He is currently building a startup focused on stablecoin-native access to global capital markets, including trade and investment access across public and private assets.
At YieldFi, he built a yield-bearing stablecoin business that reached a $200 million all-time-high TVL and $4 million ARR.
He previously co-founded Innov8 Coworking, which launched 14 centers across six cities and was acquired by Oyo Rooms.